Python - User input for name of a variable to pass as an argument to a function

Question

I have a question here which is based around user input to scripts and passing this user-input to functions.

I have a script, within which I have defined a function.

Answer 1

Use a dictionary, mapping strings to objects:

tbl1, tbl2 = [1 ,2 ,3], [4 ,5 ,6]
args = {'tbl1': tbl1 ,"tbl2" :tbl2}
# show tables ......

inp = input("Choose table")


def foo(var):
    print(var)


foo(args[inp])

You will want to do error checking to make sure the user actually enters something valid.